I'm sorry if this has been answered before. I browsed through the posts and I could not find answers.
After waiting over 2 years for my cable company (Charter) to have HDTV available in my area and it not happening I'm ready to go the dish network or direct tv route. About every 3 months I called Charter about HDTV and they always say "soon...". Yeh, right. I live in Ripon WI (54971).
I have been looking at dish network and direct tv and have some questions. Voom is out of the question because of the initial outlay of $750 (my wife would never agree to it). I have spoken with both of the companies on the phone and have not gotten a satisfactory answer.
1. Is it correct that even if I can get local channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, etc.) through the satellite that they will not be in HDTV format? Is the only way that I can get the networks in HDTV format through an Antenna attached to satellite receiver?
2. I'm leaning towards Dish because of cost. The 811 seems unavailable now for about 4 - 6 weeks. Has anyone in here found a way of of getting dish and the 811 faster?
3. In Ripon I'm about 56 miles from Greenbay, 64 miles from Madison, and 68 miles from Milwaukee. Is it realistic to think that I can get a digital signal at these distances and what would an antenna run me? The CEA antenna page is saying that I will need a large directional antenna.
Any other insights?
Thanks!
Flip
After waiting over 2 years for my cable company (Charter) to have HDTV available in my area and it not happening I'm ready to go the dish network or direct tv route. About every 3 months I called Charter about HDTV and they always say "soon...". Yeh, right. I live in Ripon WI (54971).
I have been looking at dish network and direct tv and have some questions. Voom is out of the question because of the initial outlay of $750 (my wife would never agree to it). I have spoken with both of the companies on the phone and have not gotten a satisfactory answer.
1. Is it correct that even if I can get local channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, etc.) through the satellite that they will not be in HDTV format? Is the only way that I can get the networks in HDTV format through an Antenna attached to satellite receiver?
2. I'm leaning towards Dish because of cost. The 811 seems unavailable now for about 4 - 6 weeks. Has anyone in here found a way of of getting dish and the 811 faster?
3. In Ripon I'm about 56 miles from Greenbay, 64 miles from Madison, and 68 miles from Milwaukee. Is it realistic to think that I can get a digital signal at these distances and what would an antenna run me? The CEA antenna page is saying that I will need a large directional antenna.
Any other insights?
Thanks!
Flip